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Recent Examples of firing squad
She was sentenced to die by firing squad and Indonesia’s highest court upheld it in 2013.
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CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Stein, who formerly served as North Carolina’s attorney general, also raised concerns about the bill’s attempt to open the door to firing squad executions in lieu of the state’s inability to obtain the necessary drugs for lethal injections.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 4 Oct. 2025
Before Honie, the most recent execution was by firing squad against Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Utah has not carried out an execution by firing squad since the execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Stein, who formerly served as North Carolina’s attorney general, also raised concerns about the bill’s attempt to open the door to firing squad executions in lieu of the state’s inability to obtain the necessary drugs for lethal injections.
—Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 4 Oct. 2025
Before Honie, the most recent execution was by firing squad against Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
Utah has not carried out an execution by firing squad since the execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firing squad
Noun
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The north was expected to be America’s rear guard, a place where values like democracy and women’s rights might have taken hold.—
Azam Ahmed,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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And assassins from a coalition of all the local indigenous tribes — out for blood over the murder of Jimmy the Creek, one of their own, last episode — slit the throats of Ming’s rear guard.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2024
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Just south of downtown Minneapolis, Rachel Dionne Thunder is one of many members of the Indigenous community turning their wheel and pushing the peddle on patrol.—
Frankie McLister,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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And, last month, a Houston-area police department began testing Cybertrucks as potential patrol vehicles.—
Andrea Guzmán,
Austin American Statesman,
14 Jan. 2026
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The two were invited by Blue Cross to relocate the 30-minute picket — which featured a brief but coordinated step-tap dance number — from a grassy easement.—
Frederick Melo,
Twin Cities,
3 Dec. 2025
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In recent weeks, those negotiations have turned contentious with the union voting to authorize a strike and subsequently staging a practice picket in downtown Telluride.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
2 Dec. 2025
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The Bushwick outpost shuttered in 2023.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
15 Jan. 2026
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The decision marks the first time a crew aboard the outpost was medically evacuated in the 25-year history of the International Space Station.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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Kochab is the brighter of the two outer stars in the bowl of the Little Dipper (the other being Pherkad), which seem to march in a circle like sentries around Polaris, the North Star.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
14 Dec. 2025
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The incident occurred while one of the Royal Canadian Navy’s Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIB) was returning from its sentry duties off Bentinck Island.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
10 Dec. 2025
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Hannah Natanson, who covers the federal government, was at home when the FBI searched the property and her devices, seizing a phone, Garmin watch and both a personal and work laptop, according to the news organization.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
15 Jan. 2026
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There is a fire weather watch posted for Friday with humidity levels as low as 13%.—
Dave Aguilera,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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